No, the other one.
The way I read it, it's about the contrast of someone who looks like a bruiser you somehow wouldn't expect to be religious, but is.
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I see what you mean. The name, description, and picture all feel a bit at odds to me. The name and the first part of it really make it sound like it's about when a huge guy is religious. Then it says that part isn't important, and admits the name is non-indicative.
It ends up saying badass so much, I wonder if simply Religious Badass would be better. Or maybe Surprisingly Religious Badass.
Religious Delinquent or something I feel is closer. I feel like there's a word that would better get across the idea of someone who isn't typically expected to be religious, but I'm drawing a blank.
"Despite the name, needs not be physically strong."
Says it's a bad snowclone. Every other "Bruiser" trope specifically means physically strong.
Right, I'm confused by the Religious Bruiser trope.. Particularly the first two lines:
A practitioner of The New Rock & Roll or The Big Guy turns out to be heavily religious. Bonus points if he is a priest/pastor/whatever.
Despite the name, needs not be physically strong.
..and also the page image, which as far as I can tell, has not been run through Image Pickin'.
Now, the remainder of the description is a bit clearer, and basically, what I'm taking away from it and the trope name is that the character in question is some kind of fighter who happens/turns out to be religious. The problem I'm having is that other 'bruiser' tropes (Lightning Bruiser, Emotional Bruiser) have a strong taste of The Big Guy + additional trait, so unless I'm missing something important, that does not mesh with either the image or the part of the description I quoted. At the very least, the trope name sounds like there should be a martial connotation, however small.
I know that Tropes Are Flexible, but this is confusing. Also, not sure if this is where this question belongs, but I figured I'd check first if I'm not seeing something obvious there.
edited 16th Jul '16 3:40:13 PM by Derkhan